Todd A. Baxter | Dickinson Wright | March 5, 2019 The Arizona Court of Appeals recently denied a contractor’s claim that the owner had violated Arizona’s prompt pay act (“Prompt Pay”) despite the owner’s admission that it had not paid the contractor or objected to the payment application within the statutory time.1 The court’s reason for… Continue reading Caveat Contractor: Arizona Court Of Appeals Interprets Prompt Pay Act As “Prompt Billing Act” To Deny Relief To Unpaid Contractor
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Arizona To Study Indemnity Provisions In Construction Contracts
Gregory Y. Harris and Jared L. Sutton | Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP | June 25, 2018 On May 16, 2018, Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill 1271, which created a “construction liability apportionment study committee” (the “Committee”) to “research and make recommendations for the apportionment of liability in the construction industry.” Except for the… Continue reading Arizona To Study Indemnity Provisions In Construction Contracts
Changes in the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure Will Impact Your Case
Michael Ponzo | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | May 14, 2018 In 2017, the Arizona Supreme Court changed the scope and limits of discovery to “any non-privileged matter that is relevant to any party’ claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case.”1 Starting in July 2018, Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 26.2, will take… Continue reading Changes in the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure Will Impact Your Case
Keep It Simple Stupid: Remembering The Basics In A Construction Defect Indemnity Case To Minimize Surprises Down The Road
John Gregory and Michael Ludwig | Jones, Skelton & Hochuli PLC | May 17, 2018 There is an old saying: familiarity breeds contempt. Admittedly, residential construction defect cases can be repetitive. They usually involve the same Plaintiffs’ attorneys, the same alleged defects, and resolve in the same fashion for the same per-home amount. As a… Continue reading Keep It Simple Stupid: Remembering The Basics In A Construction Defect Indemnity Case To Minimize Surprises Down The Road
Are You at Odds with Your Insurer in Arizona? An Outline on Initiating Litigation in the Grand Canyon State
Erin Dunnavant | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | April 10, 2018 In Arizona, the statute of limitations for a cause of action for insurance benefits will begin to run from the date the insurer committed a breach, unless the policy states otherwise (i.e., from the “inception of” or “date of” loss). Typically, this means… Continue reading Are You at Odds with Your Insurer in Arizona? An Outline on Initiating Litigation in the Grand Canyon State